Editing Penthilus (son of Orestes) (section)

== Mythology ==
Orestes killed both Clytemnestra, who was his own mother and Aigisthos. Erigone is said to have hanged herself or married Orestes after the latter's first wife, [[Hermione (mythology)|Hermione]], died. Orestes was ruler over much of the [[Peloponnese]] and died of a snakebite at age 70. One story says that as a child, Penthilus was torn apart and devoured by wolves in the [[Taygetus]] mountains, near Sparta. His father established a festival of mourning, the so-called Penthilia in his honour.

According to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], Penthilus grew up and founded a city either on [[Lesbos]] or in [[Thrace]].<ref name="pausanias.3.2.1">Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 3.2.1</ref> Penthilus was the mythical ancestor of the [[Penthilides]], an ancient dynasty of kings on Lesbos.<ref>[[Aristotle]], ''Politics'' 5.8.13 = 5.1311b, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Aristot.+Pol.+5.1311b&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0058 f.n. 5]</ref> His son, Echelas was the father of [[Gras (mythology)|Gras]], the founder of the city [[Aeolis]], between [[Ionia]] and [[Mysia]].<ref name="pausanias.3.2.1" /><ref name=":0" /> In some accounts, Penthilus instead led a colony of [[Aeolians]] to Thrace.<ref name=":0" />